Apparatus for alining rail ends.



1P. LANGE.

APPARATUS FOR ALINING RAIL ENDS.

' APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1911, I 1,050,063. Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

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P .Q A 3 m 9 Inventor; F'eZb'xL y which it is of the uin ost importance eerie-l FELEZZ LANGE, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMAIEY, ASSZGNOR '20 BK. GOLDSGHMIET,

A EIR'M COMPOSED KARL GOLDSCH ON-THE-BUHR, GERMAB 1'.

APPARATUS FOR ALINING o'sooss'.

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Qriginsl application filed March 18, 1910, Serialllo. 556,201. "Bi vised and this spplicstion filed July 29,

1911. Serial ho. 641,313. r

To all whom 6' may concern Be it known one I, FELIX LAIIGE, subject oi the German Emperor, residing "at Essencnthe-Euhr, Germany, have invented certain new and useful lniprovenienis in Apparst us for Alining Rail Enos, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for alining rail-ends for the purpose of bringing them into posicion for Welding, by butt-Welding, and especially to apparatus of this type in which means is provided. for producing relative longitudinal movement of the rnihends after they are properly alined.

The invention is especially adapted for use in connection with the Welding of rails together by the aluniinotherniic process, in that the ends to be joined be accurately i i-lined in cider to produce good and so-tisfsctoi; joint In apparatus of this class conslruct ed the devices employed therein have usually been adapted to engage the web portions of the rails, that is, the p01- tions between the head and thefoot of each rail, and in such cases it has sometimes been difficult to brin' ihe tread surfaces of ad joining rail-en s into accurate olinement, especially in cases Where there has been any difi'erence, however slight, in the shapes of the crosssections of such rails.

In a prior application filed by March 18, 1910, Serial Number 550,201, I have dis- I closed apparatus which is distinguished frond. apparatus iherelofore employed for elining rail-ends chiefly by reason of the fact that the zilining Inesns employed has guide surfacesor alining surfaces which cooperate directly With the treadsur'faces of she rails and the positions thereof, and when the gaging is from thesetreed surfaces downward in the rail, the trends, when the ril-ends ore welded together While in such alincd positions, will remain in a coinmon plene,und if there is any slight difference in the shapes of the cross-sections of the rails Welded together there will be no inisalinemen'l; at the tread, whatever error there is being lower downin the rail Where it will not siiect the continuity of the smooth surrsce' on. which the wheels have to heretofore run and Where ic can be readily corrected or otherwise token care of if necessary.

This improved npperat-us for iniing railnds for welding-may be employed (as sci; crib my aforesaid application) either in connection with ordinary T-headed or bull heeded rails, ori'or elining grooved. rails, etc, the main feature of the apparatus e ployed in each case being the provision of slining means cooperative directly with the trends of the rails.

The present applicslion is a division of my aforesaid application, Serial Number 550,261, filed March 18, 1910, and is directed specifically to an apparatus especially adept ed for use inconncction with grooved 335L118,

etc. This and otherfeatures of the invention apparatus illusitinted in Fig. 1; F 1g.

l is a transverse sec taken in the line 4%, tail of a clamp employed in connection with said apparatus; Fig. 6 is a transverse seclign of the apparatus shown in Fig. l, the section being taken in che line 66: of said figure, and Fig. 7 is a side elevsiion illusin said apparatus. I Referring to the drawings, and especially 'to Figs. 1,4 and 6, these views illustrate the type of apparatus preferably employed for olining the heads of grooved rails, two such rails being indicated at a, ai. The apparatus for elining the ends of these rhils is prefersbly so constructed as to be caplrble of be ing secured as a Whole to the ends of the rails to be nlined. The main features of the apparatus are a frame adapted to be secured directly to the rails andelining means car'- rieddiy the frame and embodying guide surfeces constructed to fit the grooved surfaces of the rails. These guide-surfaces may be -cmbodled in guides or slining members proper of any suitable construction fitting the grooves of the rails; The guides cmireting in detail another clamp member used which Wiil be hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying principal alining tion of said apparatus, the section being A Fig. 1'; Fig. 5 18 a do i ii m'cit'ershiy of the of the nuts f are Z :11 URYB p; jectiohs 1 "iways eh entwith the cheeks or"; grooves in the mils, By means etc-m; it By turning the this type a ssxohger grip may he oh? nuts in one direction or t other the desired,

than with tie l s" suchhs are i ncrement of the members end the guides m in my aforesaid epphcatit .7 5 may he ehte hath the 'lIUtS and. the C061 ltent, as groov'" F5. reiis a ling cheeks oi the parts m serving to main- 0 sectionei area ti tein such LKiJUS'tmCHt when the nuts have shrm'n in the aforesaid a reiicetien elect rebeen turned to the (Lie Theei extent.

1Q quire to he gripped with. greater pressure The tzune termed hy the parts mend (i, 75 during the Welding Operation it i he a may be fastened. to the rails a, a by any seen by relterrii'zg to Fi 6 that tiese g lees suituhie meme. The damping means (3111* If not oniy s rve to efne the rniis heth pi i pr such to hold the zonteiiy ti Yeruceii y, but "0 have a. a e; g1 Me's Z iii-1n J a the treads of the rent 0 treeti end the groov d surfaces; of Then vertence of vertical ahncme set 01m in, my Mere-said r r iers ecenteetsuriteeemengage at ail points is. the lengths oi: the g rides whiie also serving to clamp the frame e a. whole in such a manner that there can he no .reiuti e lHUVGZTIOiliL between the frame which i. here shown means for a 1d the rails either t, gthwise or crosswise proper uhnen'ient not only in the] ef the letter. El pin-ate clamping devices tree ti surfaces, but also accurate ot the sides of the r i i corito the sheuhii be en L eyed in connection with each of the members "In, three open-sicieci chumps being silDWil. Two of these clamps are lounteii in cut-mm; portions of opposite the members in while the third m in :siot e ending vertically Two of these located at one side of the rail t the cppesite side. The first i "(i at '22 The third chimp of @5 each set is preterahiy the type indicated device Ltil1itit0 reriimri of the of the i wells of i 3 sides 0:? at i and en'lhetiies a Ned u meangass through an open 111 one side ot the guide 6 and enter the if cove in the head of p ce the reii, as iihi "rated in 4i. Thiswedge 199 to sh ,itiziie device is inz hcetxi at FL and is here pieced itier sides in; heiow the end oi the eiampscrew heir i h this chimp m in place and its screw turned i n the under of to tighten it w \W'CdW} is driven directly in 4 may he 01? the tr the groove of the i and the clamp thus 195 e, in HIGIHiFGEF-i secured direct v t the raii both at the upper etis si t rah-heath thereby we parts iOJJgthWiSQ 3 and independent y upen the rail be 116 he fiiid'l), which might p 1" e twi-en tie em prefer: erml t m and the tilde]? sides the chimp i, Wedges me miter-E in eci es er 1 vie to the chumps in being both I come met on. thet at t ;e same side of the rmi, the under ct the guides g (Milt.

in try he the reiati ve positieles Ii A in carrying seiti guides. For the i3 obtaining anti maintaining any ee- 1 gustment of these parts toward or frero 439 other the rods (5, d are prefer-eh to receive nuts, such j, Lifer m serii. "10' upper part of the chimp 'hev- A29 in iOG'VGiOfi aces, as indicated in Figs. 1, i and 5, "for cooperation with these Wedges 76. When the three clamps carried by each yehe" are tightened eaehyoke, guide aged "aii-end will be firmly clamped together and .le treads efthe two rails and the sides of mil-heads will he eccmrateiy eiineri. If f are "new tin-lied in the proper ciitien for drawing the yei: and their ies togew. the ends of the rails may he 13g 1 In an' apparatus for alining 1O readily brought: into engagementvvithout" disturbing the horizontal alinement of the "treads ofthe rails or the vertical alinei'nent of the sides of the rail-heads; By means. of

this apparatus the rail-ends may beheld inthis position until the v finished,

weldingbperation is .WVhat I claim is:

the ends of a pair of grooved rails for we1ding,the

. combination with a. frame, of a pair of alined guides-carried by saidframe and eaeh located at a distance from the meeting faces together.

, means 'for to' be welded, said guides being constructed to fitthe grooved treads of sa1d rai1s,"and I clamping said guides and; treads 2'. In an apparatus 'foraiining ends of a pair of grooved rails-foe welding, the

comb nation with aframe, of a pair- 'of alined guides'carriedby said frame and constructed to fit the grooved treads of said -rai1's oneof said guides 'havingan, opening flwh ich passes/through it, and meansffor clamping said guides and treads tdgether, saidmeansembodying'aolamp having a Wedge deviceadapted to passthrough said opening in one of the guides and be wedged inthe groove inthe head of the correspondins-rail; e

. In an apparatus for aiming the'ends of .fa pair ofgrooved rails for welding the combination With a frame, .of a'pair ofalined guides carried by' said frame and each'loeatedat a distance from the meeting faces to bewelded, s'aidguides being as ume fit the grooved-treads of said rails, means for cl amping said guides and treadslfto-z ether,'- and'means for simultaneouslyadi" ustmg said guides v and rails toward or fr oin;

dereu't' guideivays therein, of gu1d e's' :in" "said treads of said rails, andmeans for clamping of said parts together; v "5,. In an apparatus for aliningltheends o apairof grooved rails for: Welding, the combination'with a frame-,'of a pair of aimed guides 'earried' by said frame and constructied' to fit the grooved-treads of said rails one of -said guidesv having an opening which passes through it, and meansfor clamping 'said guides and treads together, said means embodying a clamp having a Wedge device 60' of the guides and be wedged in the groove adapted to pass through said opening in one in thehead of the corresponding rail' and also embodying a'wedge between-saidframe and clamp-and disposed at substantially I right angle to said Wedgeidevioe.

" ALFRED HENfinn. 

